Constituency
4. Karimganj South
Community mirrorAssam Assembly Election, 1978
AS-KARIMGANJ-SOUTH
INC 41.1%won by 13.1%IND 28.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.3% to 13.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.1% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
46,390
Margin
6,059
13.06%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1ABDUL MUQTADIR CHOUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC19,04741.1%
- 2NIKHIL KANTI DASIndependent · IND12,98828.0%
- 3ABDUL KHALIQUEIndependent · IND5,22011.3%
- 4ABDUL HAMID CHOUDHURYJanata Party · JNP5,15011.1%
- 5KETAKI PRASAD DUTTEIndependent · IND1,9074.1%
- 6SATYABRATA ROYIndependent · IND1,1372.5%
- 7AMARENDRA CHOUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC8551.8%
- 8MUKTESWAR CHOWDHRYIndependent · IND860.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −51.1%
- INC share
- 64.2% → 41.1%
- IND share
- 0.0% → 28.0%
- Turnout
- — → —